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Telegraph Harbour
We left Maple Bay, a day late but with new solar panels, lifelines and a wind generator. Not bad. We brought up the sails in Stuart Channel and tacked up toward Thetis and Kuper Islands. The winds increased steadily until we were in 25-30 knots as we anchored in Telegraph Harbour. We made for the […]
Happy Surprises in Maple Bay
From Genoa Bay we made our way to Maple Bay to pick up some parts and meet up with some friends. Things were going nicely after we tied up at the docks in the morning, when Steven shouted, "There's Loch Fyne!" Chuck and Corliss on Loch Fyne were our next door neighbours all winter at […]
Genoa Bay
After the Bluewater Cruising Association rendezvous at Bedwell Harbour, we went to Genoa Bay. We are heading to Maple Bay to get some work done on the boat and hopefully get back to Victoria over land in order to pick up some parts. Since we don't need to be at Maple Bay until tomorrow, we […]
Bedwell Harbour
We are currently at Bedwell Harbour for the Bluewater Cruising Rendezvous, using the free wifi from the Poet's Cove Marina. So far it has been a beautiful weekend, with sunny skies, warm days and good dinghy sailing winds. We both have sunburns from dinghy sailing and hanging out at the pool and hot tub at […]
Refrigeration Upgrade
We spent the last three days replacing our two previous refrigeration systems with a new one. We used to have an AC compressor and an engine-driven compressor, both of which still ran on Freon. We now have a Keel cooled Frigoboat system (K50-SSC) that runs off the 12V house batteries and uses R134a. We bought […]
Liferaft servicing
We were in Vancouver this week to get our liferaft serviced. Scream carries an inflatable liferaft for the crew. Inflatable rafts are industry standard, and they are tested and repaired by authorized dealers every year. The raft is in a large duffel bag that weighs almost 100 pounds. In the bag there are a half […]
A visit from my father
Scream went for a three hour tour with Dieter Ensslen, the father of the first mate, and his partner. We sailed close to beam in about 15kn of wind, first making 4 knots against the current and then 8 knots with it. All while chatting a lot and paying little attention to the sails. It […]
On the Hard
On April 2nd, Scream was hauled out of the water in Sidney, BC to have work done below the water line. We hired professionals to do the work as we are rather timid, and don't have the correct tools. The outside of the hull bellow the water line (which is usually referred to as "the […]
Roche Harbor
Scream visited Roche Harbor on San Juan island as the last stop on our tour of Puget sound. The settlement of Roche harbor is a village on a penisula facing the largest of several bays in the vicinity. The harbour has a large marina and sufficient room for dozens of boats to anchor. The bottom […]
Rosario
On March 30, Scream visited Rosario Resort on Orca's Island in Washington state. It was wonderful. The resort is first class. It has been a few years since the crew of Scream has been to a five star resort, but Rosario is nicer than a few four star resorts that we have visited. The dockmaster […]